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Alexander Graham Bell invented telephone
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Colorado is announced as the 38th state of the US.
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It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ended the Reconstruction Era.
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Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th United States president, took office after winning the closely contested 1876 presidential election
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Nez Percé Indian War was part of the American Indian Wars. A small band of the Palouse tribe led by Red Echo and Bald Head, against the United States Army
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Thomas Edison invented light bulb
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James A. Garfield was a brigadier general during the Civil War, and he won the Presidential election of 1880.
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On July 2, 1881, Garfield was shot and died on September 19, 1881.
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Grover Cleveland was a politician and lawyer. He signed an act and created the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Its original purpose was to regulate railroads to ensure fair rates, to eliminate rate discrimination, and to regulate other aspects of common carriers, including interstate bus lines and telephone companies.
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It was enacted by the 49th United States Congress. It authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans.
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It was one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational organizations in the world. Its goal was to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge.
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Benjamin Harrison was the grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and the great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a founding father.
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Sherman Antitrust Act tried to prevent the artificial raising of prices by restriction of trade or supply, but many people critiqued it for harming society.
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This Massacre was part of the Ghost Dance War and the Sioux Wars. It occurred near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The U.S. Cavalry troops went into the camp to disarm the Lakota and when the massacre was over, between 250 and 300 men, women, and children of the Lakota had been killed and 51 were wounded.
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The Baltimore crisis was a diplomatic incident that took place between Chile and the United States. It was triggered by the stabbing of two United States Navy sailors from USS Baltimore in front of the "True Blue Saloon" in Valparaíso. The United States government demanded an apology, and Chile ended the episode when it apologized and paid a $75,000 indemnity.
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The Panic of 1893 was a serious economic depression in the United States . It influenced every sector of the economy greatly. Stock prices declined, five hundred banks closed, numerous farms ceased operation. The unemployment rate increase by a great number.
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Grover Cleveland was the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office
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Utah is the 45th state of the US
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William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States. He was the last president to have served in the American Civil War. During his presidency, economy grew rapidly.
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Dingley Act raised tariffs in the U.S. It had been effective for twelve years. It was the longest-lived tariffs and also the highest.
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The Treaty of Paris of 1898 was signed by Spain and the United States. It ended the Spanish–American War. It was effective since April 11, 1899. It helped the United States became a world power.